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We've got the Toaster

Synopsis

Terrified of holding the 'worst-ever party', the over-honest and over-obsessive Lance faces his fear when his parents go away for a dirty weekend. He and porn-addicted best mate Henry plan the party, the only problem being that they are each planning different parties. When Steph, Lance's perfect woman, turns up with the man-eating Abby and the man-hating Heather (plus some unexpected gatecrashers) and when Henry's plan kicks in, Lance sees his dreams painfully fall apart as the worst-ever party gets progressively worse. But is there light at the end of a very dark tunnel?

We've seen Trainspotting. We've seen Twin Town. We've seen the gritty social dramas. But set in the definitively middle-class 'Royal Tunbridge Wells Spa Town', We've got the Toaster shows a different Britain from the urban and social decay portrayed in most home-grown pictures. It's a comedy that lovingly skits middle England.

Toaster is as much about what happens before and after a party as what happens during one. The sleep-over. The clean-up. The neighbours. The parents. The myth. The way it can change your life for better and for worse.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
DV
Director
Mike Laloe 1st Feature
Producer
Janey Moffatt
Editor
Stephen Coltrane
Screenwriter
Mike Laloe
Director of Photography
Karla Lock
Sound
Alan Roberts
Composer
Richard Walmsley
Principal cast
Jamie Mander, Rob Smith, Emma Blake

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Toaster Productions Ltd

29 Salterford Road
London SW17 9TE
UK

T+44 (0)7940 721 518

info@toasterproductions.co.uk

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